The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-05
AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD.
The Coarse Attacks of English Critics I'm.
justifiable

The Coarse Attacks of English Critics I'm
justifiable
London Letter in New York World.
Most of the society papers here indulge in
coarse attacks upon American women Every
week they charge them with having an extraor-
binary passion for being presented at court
They go on and scold because the American min
lister has been given the unlimited privilege of
presenting AS many American ladies as he may
fit. Since that time the papers here have
represented that hordes of American women of
the most vulgar, shoddy type crowd and pack
the Queens drawing-rooms greatly to the dis
gust OF the English aristocracv. These papers
appear to never tire of pointing out the abs urd-
ity of an American woman desiring to go
through this social parade. I thought when
first came here that there might be some basis of
truth ia all this uukind criticism. Blu: in look
ing over the list of people who were presented
Yesterday am utterly at a loss to know where
the British society critics find their material for
such kinds of attack upon our American women.
There wore five hundred women presented
to the Queen yesterday. Out of this
300 there were only ten Americans. The London
hotels to-day are full of bright and interesting
American ladies' There is a great throng of
them at Paris, within easy range of this London
court do not think it would be an exaggera-
ton say that there are at least l. 600 American
ladies in Paris and London who would be entitled
to be presented to court through their minister
here If they were inclined. IT, out of that
number, there only ten who care to go
through with this form, it certainly indicates a
remarkable amount of indifference on the part
vi AAneFican women 10 court presentations. 1t
was the next to the last Of the Queens receptions
for the year, and the weather was mild and
pleasant. there was everything in the surround
ings OF the SITUATION to encourage the bringing
out OF the American ladies. who are supposed to
be so am bilious for court distinction. There are
but few American applicants for the next draw
ing-room. That will occur right at the height of
the season, and do not believe that the number
of American ladies to De presented then will be-
much, if any, larRer than yesterday.
Certainly none of the American women set as
much value on this sort of thing as do the En-
gish ladies. Or the 490 women Exclusive of the
Anericans) there were scarcely any foreigners
presented. Very few of tho foreign ministers
The class of people on the continent who are eli
gible for presentation to she English Queen as
general thing have such social relations in Lon
don that they have no need to go to their minis
ter for presentation. The English women who
are presented generally have some position or I'll
tle or else are related to people of position
Naturally tho English critics resent the appar-
emit freedom with which untitled American ladies
avail themselves of that privilege to
any remarkable extent does not make
the fact any the less annoying. Oc-
casionally there is foolish American
woman who, by the absurdity of her social am
bition, affords good opportunity for the satire of
English critics and you may be that they
make the most Of It, They are now laughing
over the of American lady. Mrs. Won
Blank, from one of the Southern States, who
had quarrel with our minister. Mr.. Stallo, in
Italy. because he would not present her at court
with Won" before hsr name She said that
was her family name. He said. in reply to that.
that it was title of nobility. aud there were no
titles OF nobility in the United States. This the
lady disputed very botiy, and insisted that there
were number of titled families in the South.
and that SIZE should be presented under that
title OF not at all / believe she carried her
point.